Soap saver



PatentdAug-1a1e32 l l Y Y Y l lnm;

` UNITED .stares @Para l d Retamar J; Marsman, or oir-iro l soar savait v Application led May 9,- 1930. Serial No.V 4751,-154i. i l

This invention relates to autensil' for use aperforation 16 and 17'. respectively, these' in dish washing, and is of a specialutility in perorationsbeingclosely adj acentrv one of the the larger eating places, hotels, restaurants, short curves 18 of the body 10. The body is and thel like where glassware and certain preferably-of a generallyfellipticalcrosssec- 5- items of china ware `arenot trustedto mationf Theperforations 16 and V127/` are thus 50y chines, but are washed by hand. aligned at oppositeends of a relatively nar- An object of the invention is toL provide a row. groove formed on theinside by the condevice whereby soap substances in the nature tour ofthebody 10; This Jfacilitates the use of powders, flakes, chips and the like maybe of a conditioning implement 19 which vma-yY 2c liberated in the form of soap solutions as be a. simplelength of thinwire provide'dif 55 needed in the dish water. l desired with a linger loop 20.1 It is Ydesirable Another object is to provide a device that to` havelthe cap 15l t verytightly: so that Y will not liberate excessive or wasteful quantiwhen the device is filled vwith soap chips,V ties of its contents even though it is left inthe flakes, or powder, and is placed in the bottom i; dish washing tub orreceptacle. k of: aAv dish 'washing panor vessel only avery 50y Anotherobject is to provide a device wherelimited circulation f otwater Vmay take place. l in the soap materials used may undergo the t The,operationoiithe device-is as follows. expected changes without loss or wastage and The container' may be-filled completely with yet deliver the necessary amount ofvsoap in Vsoa-pin thevform of powder, chips,-flakes or' l0 solution to the dish water. n the .like and thrown into the bottomfof the 65 Another object is to provide a device of Vdish washingfvessel. 'Whenthe dishwasher this type which is of ample capacity and of requires V soapy water he merely shakes the such shape as to be easily grasped and which container in the water so that-some of the provides against rolling about in the vessel water which hasentered the containerv and and yet eliminates largely the danger of dissolved part A"of the soapthereinmay dis-; 70 breakage of glassware andthe like. e charge small uantitiesof soap solution into These and other objects are attained by the the body of ish water. The dish washer means described herein and disclosed in the does not remove the device from the Avessel accompanying drawing in which: but proceeds to wash the dishes inthe suili-V 3@ Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a soap saving ciently soapy water and may thenldrain the 75 container of the invention. v vessell without taking the trouble to remove Fig. 2 is a view taken on line 2-'2 and thesoap saver ,container ofthe invention. It showing an auxiliary member in'position. is to be understood'fthat Hakes, powder,I and The device comprises a container body 10 chips of the sort usually purchased .for these i which ispreferably made of non-corrodible uses will Vtakey :the form of a jell after con- S0 Y sheet metal such as Monel metal or., if desired tinued contact withiwater, andthat this cona baser sheet metal with or without a pro-' gelation :will sometimescause astoppage of tective coating of nickel or chromium plate the two smallfperforations 16 and 17. In' so that it will withstand the eiiects of soap such event the cleaning implement lor wire 19k and water. This container has ends 11 and which may be suspended handily to the dish 12, the former of which has a filling openwashing vessel is quickly' thrust intoone ofing 13 in which is securely mounted a the perforationsrand, using the curvature of threaded collar 14 which receives a screw the bodyj10 as a guide :is readily pushed-V threaded closure plug 15. The ends 11 and through the container and out of. the op- 12 are each provided at a common end with positel perforation. This againl allowsthe; 90

limited circulation of water into and from the Container but no solid-particles or masses of soap will indtheir ,Way'through the small Y perforations.

It is to be understood'that this soap saver is not to be confused with the wire cage type of`soap holding devices `since these usually have only so much' body structure as to prevent floating away of the soap. The soap goes intoV solution entirely too readily in order to effect any substantial'saving and these are intended to be. inserted in thewater and shaken only until the water' is suiiiciently tainer having agenerally flattened cross-section whereby the inner face of the side wall thereof provides a guideway, theopposite ends of said container each being provided with a singlev restricted perforation immediately adjacent said guideway and a removable filling cap vfor the container and y spaced from lsaid restricted perforation.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subf scribed my name this 5th day of May, 1930.

f Y ROBERT J.V MEISTER.

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device on the contrary not only ,permit-sof the use of all forms of soap, but precludes waste of such soap even by the most careless ofemf v ployees. The device of the present invention c has beenA used'with an effective saving of 801.

to 40% of the usual amount of 'soap materials infany given time.' At thesametilfneit'climid4 nates `the heretofore frequent stoppage of wastepipes because i-t- 4totally 'elirninatesiithe dumping' into :the jdr'ain of partly dissolved i1 soap chips and fl'alies,forthelikef The present `invention isrnottobe understood als limited tothe enact vdetail of* construction since the shape opifthefbody andthe. particular form of watertight illlingicalpmay 1 readily be altered.

That is claimed-isi: n

As' a. newarticle of manufacture 'a soap saver comprising an: elongated.non-corrodiblecontainer having a *restricted perforation. in

i each of its opposite ends-'and a: closable' filling opening disposed irn-oneendiof thecontainen As .a new article of mannfaicture asoap saver comprising an elongated containersubstantially elliptical in cross section :and havring a single restricted perforation lin each of its opposite ends said Ap'erfo'ration-s being aligned and disposed in its respectiveend y closely adjacent the sidewall of the container.

Asfk anewVv article of manufacture-a soa-p saver 'comprising an elongated .receptacle `of non-corrodible material, substantially elliptical cross section and having a restricted perforation in e'achfof its opposite ends, and closa'ble means whereby soap-imaterials'fsuch as powders, chips, flakes andthe-'like may be inserted, the perforations being; gned and. closely-adjacent the side Wallto -provide for the guiding of a conditioning implementffoi" said 'perforations 4. In a soap saver the combination yofa container body ef such crosssectl'onas toper mit only flimited `rolling thereof, said Veon- 

